The Schoenberg (the composer’s 1943 adaptation for string orchestra of the sextet original) is given a gripping outing, quite fleet (a minute shy of half-an-hour; more-expansive versions are available) and within which images, emotions and incidents are to the fore; reconciliation too. This is a fine and febrile reading, as sensitive as it is impassioned … Continue reading Verklärte Nacht – Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with Christine Rice & Stuart Skelton [Chandos]